Childcare centres are closing due to staff shortages, but this was a problem well before the pandemic.
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Estimates suggest that every 12 seconds, a child somewhere in the world loses a caregiver to the coronavirus pandemic.
There are practical things you can do to make your child more comfortable if they’re ill.
One of the best things you can do to encourage your kids to mask up is to model wearing one. There are other things you can try too.
Schools are not driving the COVID-19 pandemic and can safely remain open provided people stick to the non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19 prevention.
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Epidemiologist and Biostatistician, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Associate Professor in the Early Childhood Education, University of New England
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Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Medical Epidemiologist at the National Institute of Communicable Diseases and Lecturer at the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Hunter New England Local Health District
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Hunter New England Local Health District
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Communications Coordinator, University of Cape Town
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Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Senior research fellow, UNSW
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Epidemiologist and Public Health Specialist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Honorary Professor in Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town
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Public Health Medicine Specialist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Co-head of the Centre for Respiratory Disease and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases